Binding for shoe uppers and method of attaching same



y 1929. E. P. MERRIAM 1,712,394

BINDING FOR SH OE UPPERS AND METHOD OF ATTACHING'SAME Filed June 1928 17 v; 72 d 0 f Edward. PjVer'rzam'v ll ntentcd may 7, lQtiLQ FFICE.

lTiDl/VARD P. MERRIAM, O13 LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BTNDI'NG- FOE, SHOE "UPPER-S AND METHOD OF ATTACHING Application filed June 14, 1928. Serial No. 285,321.

This invention relates to an improved binding for the edges of sheet material, such as shoe uppers.

ll-lferctofore it has been the practice to attach a rein'lorceinent, or stay tape, to the reverse face of a shoe upper adjacent to the edge by means of adhesive material and a binding strip to the obverse face of the upper by means of stitches very close to the edge of the upper, then to apply adhesive to the binding and to the stay tape, then to fold the binding over onto the stay tape and attach the lining of the shoe to the upper by stitching through the lining, the binding. the stay tape and the upper. This involved separately attaching the binding to the upper and the stay tape to the upper.

The object of my invention is to do away with one of these steps in the method of binding the upper, and moreover to produce a cleaner and cheaper method, and l. attain these objects by first reinforcing a binding tape with one or more rows of stitches ex tending longitudinally thereof projecting therethrough and drawn into contact with the opposite faces of aid binding.

The invention consists in the improved method of binding shoe uppers and in the binding by which said method may be car-- ricd into practical operation.

The invention further consists in the improved binding and method set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a binding embodying my invention.

2 is a detail section taken on line 9 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of an upper with my improved binding at tached thereto by stitches.

l ig. 4tis a detail section taken on line l-.-l of Fig.

5 is an elevation of the outer face of an upper with my improved binding and the lining of the shoe attached thereto.

6 is a detail sectionitalzen on the line 6-6 of llig. 5.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 is a strip of bindin 11. are rows of stitches reinforcing the binding. These stitches extend longitudinally of the binding and project therethrough and are visible on the opposite faces thereof, the stitches being drawn into contact with the opposite faces thereof.

Fig. 3 discloses a portion of an upper 12 to which the binding 10 is attached by stitches 13 closely adjacent to the edge 1st of the upper.

In carrying out my improved method, adhesive material may next be applied to the binding 10 and to the reinforcing stitches 1.1 and to the reverse face of the upper 12 adjacent to the edge 141.

The next step in my method consists in folding the binding 10 over the edge 14. of the upper as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 and the reinforcing stitches 11 as well as the binding 10 are pressed closely against the reverse face of the upper.

The next step consists in. attaching the lining 15 to the binding 10 and the upper 12 by stitches 1.6 and at practically the same time trimming the lining by the process known in the art as under trimming.

I claim 1. The method of binding shoe uppers which consists in attaching one or more rows of stitches to a strip of binding longitudinally thereof projecting therethrough and'visihle on the opposite faces thereof, then stitching one edge of the binding to the edge of a shoe upper on the obverse face thereof, then applying adhesive to the bind ing and to said reinforcing stitches and to the reverse face of the upper, then folding the binding over the edge of the upper and against the reverse face of the upper with the reinforcing stitches on one face of the binding interposed between the binding and upper, and then attaching the lining to the upper by stitching through the lining, binding and upper.

The method of binding shoe uppers which consists in attaching one or more rows of stitches to a strip of binding longitudinally thereof projecting therethrough and visible on the oppos te faces thereof, then stitching one edge of the binding to the edge against the reverse face of the upper with r the reinforcing stitches in one face of the binding interposed between the binding and upper, then trimming the lining and attaching it to the upper by stitching through the 10 lining, binding and upper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWARD P. MERRTAM. 

